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WB says extreme poverty population declines, more efforts needed
The World Bank said Wednesday that the extreme poverty population in every region of the developing world declined by 13 million between 2005 and 2008, but more efforts are needed to fight against it. The Washington-based institution said in a report about 1.29 billion people lived below 1.25 U.S. dollars…
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Thai mom gets 41-year jail term for prostituting underage daughter
A criminal court sentenced a woman to 41 years in jail for prostituting three girls including her own daughter to an English expat man on several occasions between 2008 to August 2010, local media reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Tim Wongsiri, 50, forced two girls, who were…
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Kuwait celebrates 51st National Day
Kuwait Embassy(Ambassador H.E. Muteb Al-Mutoteh) here held a banquet to celebrate the 51st National Day and the 21st Anniversary of Liberation from Iraqi invasion at Hotel Shilla in downtown Seoul Monday (Feb. 27). This year marks the 51st anniversary of independence from U.K. in 1961 and 21st year of liberation from Iraqi military occupation of its territory in 1991. Ambassadors from 21 diffrent contries took part…
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One third of Indian youth willing to go into politics if given a chance
Indian youth’s interest in politics has consistently risen and a significant number of them are willing to enter the field if given a chance, according to a study carried by local media Wednesday. Moreover, Indian youths of middle class are more in favor of making politics a career than their…
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Beijing struggles to reduce carbon emissions
With 350 million tonnes of coal burned a year in pan-Beijing area, it is difficult for Beijing to fulfill its goal of reducing air pollution, officials and political advisors have said ahead of China’s pending legislative sessions. Meng Wei, head of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Sciences and a longtime…
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Made-in-China goods face ban at Insa-dong
Seoul City and Jongno Office are moving to drive made-in-China products out of Insa-dong under concerns that low-quality foreign products tarnish the image of the tourist district famous for traditional Korean craftworks and other cultural items. But the plan is drawing a backlash from merchants there. It is also possible…
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21-time Mt. Qomolangma summitter awarded with Guinness World Record
Nepal’s mountaineering legend Appa Sherpa was awarded with Guinness World Record (GWR) for climbing the highest mountain Mt. Qomolangma for 21 times on Monday. GWR officials, who were in town since Saturday, took the opportunity of their arrival in Nepal to award Sherpa with the GWR award. The 52-year-old Sherpa,…
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Limb transplant patient dies in Turkey
The patient who received the world’ s first quadruple limb transplant in a university hospital in the Turkish capital of Ankara died on Monday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Doctors at the Hacettepe University in Ankara was quoted as saying that the patient, Sevket Cavdar, “died despite all precautions…
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S. Korea urges China to stop repatriating NK defectors at UN
South Korea urged China to stop repatriating North Korean defectors detained there in a speech at the United Nations, Monday. It said they fled from the destitute communist state “in pursuit of freedom and the right to live” and their repatriation amounts to a “grave infringement of human rights.” This…
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Hallyu messengers must learn etiquettes
Editorial: The seven-member hip-hop group Block B (Blockbuster) is under fire for joking about Thailand’s tragic flooding. The band and other K-pop stars need to learn manners. Thai social networking services are abuzz with angry comments critical of one of the group member’s joking about the Bangkok floods which killed…
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